1955–56 European Cup

The 1955–56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The tournament was won by Real Madrid, who defeated Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 13 June 1956.

1955–56 European Cup
The Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored127 (4.38 per match)
Attendance900,021 (31,035 per match)
Top scorer(s) Miloš Milutinović (8 goals)

The participating clubs in the first five seasons of the European Cup were selected by French football magazine L'Equipe on the basis that they were representative and prestigious clubs in Europe.[1] Of the originally selected teams, Chelsea of England were barred from participation by The Football Association, who saw the tournament as a distraction to domestic football and Scottish champions Aberdeen had the same reasons. Chelsea were replaced by Gwardia Warszawa of Poland. In addition, Holland Sport, Honvéd and AB rejected the opportunity to represent the Netherlands, Hungary and Denmark respectively, being replaced by PSV Eindhoven, Vörös Lobogó and AGF Aarhus (becoming the last teams until 1997–98 to qualify for the European Cup not by either winning a domestic league or being current title holders). This was also the only UEFA tournament to include a representative of Saarland, unified into West Germany in 1957.

The first round pairings were fixed by the organisers and not drawn as would be the case for all future European Cup matches.

Teams
Rapid Wien Anderlecht AGF Aarhus Reims
Vörös Lobogó Milan PSV Eindhoven Gwardia Warszawa
Sporting CP Saarbrücken Hibernian Real Madrid
Djurgården Servette Rot-Weiss Essen Partizan

Bracket
  First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                         
  Servette 0 0 0  
  Real Madrid 2 5 7  
    Real Madrid 4 0 4  
    Partizan 0 3 3  
  Sporting CP 3 2 5
  Partizan 3 5 8  
    Real Madrid 4 1 5  
    Milan 2 2 4  
  Rapid Wien 6 0 6  
  PSV Eindhoven 1 1 2  
    Rapid Wien 1 2 3
    Milan 1 7 8  
  Milan 3 4 7
  Saarbrücken 4 1 5  
    Real Madrid 4
    Reims 3
  AGF Aarhus 0 2 2  
  Reims 2 2 4  
    Reims 4 4 8
    Vörös Lobogó 2 4 6  
  Vörös Lobogó 6 4 10
  Anderlecht 3 1 4  
    Reims 2 1 3
    Hibernian 0 0 0  
  Djurgården 0 4 4  
  Gwardia Warszawa 0 1 1  
    Djurgården 1 0 1
    Hibernian 3 1 4  
  Rot-Weiss Essen 0 1 1
  Hibernian 4 1 5  

First round
Location of teams in the 1955–56 European Cup.
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting CP 5–8 Partizan 3–3 2–5
Vörös Lobogó 10–4 Anderlecht 6–3 4–1
Servette 0–7 Real Madrid 0–2 0–5
Rot-Weiss Essen 1–5 Hibernian 0–4 1–1
Djurgården 4–1 Gwardia Warszawa 0–0 4–1
AGF Aarhus 2–4 Reims 0–2 2–2
Rapid Wien 6–2 PSV Eindhoven 6–1 0–1
Milan 7–5 Saarbrücken 3–4 4–1

First leg
Sporting CP 3–3 Partizan
Martins  14', 78'
Quim  65'		 Report M. Milutinović  45', 50'
Bobek  73'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Vörös Lobogó 6–3 Anderlecht
Szimcsák I  8'
Palotás  25', 59', 80'
Hidegkuti  28'
Sándor  83'		 Report Vanderwilt  7'
Van Den Bosch  39', 79'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)
Servette 0–2 Real Madrid
Report Muñoz  74'
Rial  89'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Robert Sautelle (France)
Rot-Weiss Essen 0–4 Hibernian
Report Turnbull  35', 53'
L. Reilly  44'
Ormond  81'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Johann Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
Djurgården 0–0 Gwardia Warszawa
Report
Attendance: 3,574
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
AGF Aarhus 0–2 Reims
Report Glovacki  7', 72'
Attendance: 18,000
Rapid Wien 6–1 PSV Eindhoven
A. Körner  12', 62', 82'
Mehsarosch  55'
Hanappi  56'
Probst  60'		 Report Fransen  18'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Emil Schmetzer (West Germany)
Milan 3–4 Saarbrücken
Frignani  15'
Schiaffino  33'
Dal Monte  37'		 Report Krieger  5'
Philippi  43'
Schirra  67'
Martin  69'
Attendance: 18,000

Second leg
Real Madrid 5–0 Servette
Di Stéfano  29', 61'
Iglesias  44'
Rial  46'
Molowny  54'		 Report
Attendance: 40,318
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.

Partizan 5–2 Sporting CP
M. Milutinović  15', 29', 64', 74'
Jocić  88'		 Report Brandão  49', 77'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: György Dankó (Hungary)

Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate.

Hibernian 1–1 Rot-Weiss Essen
Buchanan  5' Report Abromeit  47'
Attendance: 30,000

Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate.

Gwardia Warszawa 1–4 Djurgården
Baszkiewicz  14' Report Eriksson  5', 17', 22'
Sandberg  29'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 1–4 Vörös Lobogó
Van Den Bosch  38' Report Hidegkuti  25'
Lantos  78'
Palotás  85'
Kovács I  86'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate.

Reims 2–2 AGF Aarhus
Glovacki  47'
Bliard  60'		 Report Erik Bechmann Jensen  77'
Bjerregaard  83'
Attendance: 5,845
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)

Reims won 4–2 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven 1–0 Rapid Wien
Fransen  9' Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Aloïs Smidts (Belgium)

Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.

Saarbrücken 1–4 Milan
Binkert  32' Report Valli  8', 77'
Puff  75' (o.g.)
Beraldo  86'
Attendance: 15,000

Milan won 7–5 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djurgården 1–4 Hibernian 1–3 0–1
Reims 8–6 Vörös Lobogó 4–2 4–4
Real Madrid 4–3 Partizan 4–0 0–3
Rapid Wien 3–8 Milan 1–1 2–7

First leg
Djurgården 1–3 Hibernian
Eklund  1' Report Combe  18'
Mulkerrin  49'
Olsson  86' (o.g.)
Attendance: 21,962
Reims 4–2 Vörös Lobogó
Glovacki  14'
Leblond  33', 57'
Bliard  42'		 Report Szolnok  34'
Lantos  77' (pen.)
Attendance: 36,088
Real Madrid 4–0 Partizan
Castaño  12', 23'
Gento  36'
Di Stéfano  70'		 Report
Attendance: 105,532
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Rapid Wien 1–1 Milan
R. Körner  26' (pen.) Report Nordahl  20'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)

Note - differences in information: RSSSF website indicates that the goal scored on 26 minute was scored by Robert Körner, while UEFA website indicates that it was scored by Alfred Körner

Second leg
Hibernian 1–0 Djurgården
Turnbull  70' Report
Attendance: 31,346

Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate.

Vörös Lobogó 4–4 Reims
Lantos  11' (pen.), 74' (pen.)
Palotás  53', 82'		 Report Glovacki  6'
Bliard  20', 44'
Templin  52'
Attendance: 35,000

Reims won 8–6 on aggregate.

Partizan 3–0 Real Madrid
Milutinović  24', 87'
Mihajlović  46' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 40,000

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

Milan 7–2 Rapid Wien
Mariani  15'
Nordahl  23', 50'
Ricagni  26', 63'
Frignani  56'
Schiaffino  75'		 Report Golobic  35'
Dienst  59'
Attendance: 35,000

Milan won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Reims 3–0 Hibernian 2–0 1–0
Real Madrid 5–4 Milan 4–2 1–2

First leg
Reims 2–0 Hibernian
Leblond  67'
Bliard  89'		 Report
Attendance: 35,486
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)
Real Madrid 4–2 Milan
Rial  6'
Iglesias  25'
Olsen  40'
Di Stéfano  62'		 Report Nordahl  9'
Schiaffino  30'
Attendance: 129,690
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Second leg
Hibernian 0–1 Reims
Report Glovacki  57'
Attendance: 44,941

Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.

Milan 2–1 Real Madrid
Dal Monte  69' (pen.), 86' (pen.) Report Iglesias  65'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 1956 European Cup Final
Real Madrid 4–3 Reims
Di Stéfano  14'
Rial  30', 79'
Marquitos  67'		 Report Leblond  6'
Templin  10'
Hidalgo  62'
Attendance: 38,239

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Miloš Milutinović Partizan 8
2 Péter Palotás Vörös Lobogó 6
Léon Glovacki Stade Reims
4 René Bliard Stade Reims 5
Héctor Rial Real Madrid
Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid
7 Mihály Lantos Vörös Lobogó 4
Gunnar Nordahl Milan
Michel Leblond Stade Reims
10 Alfred Körner Rapid Wien 3
Hippolyte Van Den Bosch Anderlecht
John Eriksson Djurgården
Eddie Turnbull Hibernian
Juan Alberto Schiaffino Milan
Giorgio Dal Monte Milan
Joseíto Real Madrid

Notes
  1. https://blog.lequipe.fr/histoire/2-avril-1955-lequipe-cree-la-coupe-deurope-de-football/
  2. Match switched to Glasgow due to a frozen pitch in Sweden ("Hibernian reach the first European Cup semi-finals 1956". A Sporting Nation: Rock 'n' Roll Era 1950–1959. BBC. November 2005. Retrieved 18 April 2010.)
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